Chapter 5. Visual Programming

This chapter looks into the basic visual programming tools we can use. We will have a look at the following recipes:

  • Scripting with logs
  • Scripting with decisions
  • Error handling in workflows
  • Scripting with loops
  • Workflow presentations
  • Linking actions in presentations
  • Changing credentials during runtime

Introduction

As this chapter focuses on basic visual programming tools, it is a good place to have a quick look at how the programming of workflows works.

A workflow is made up of several sections. This chapter's focus will be on the creation of new workflows. We will work with the general, inputs, outputs, schemas, and presentation.

Variables (general, inputs, and outputs)

Each workflow can have variables in three different areas. ...

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